12 January 2010

Title: The Materials of the Painter's Craft in Europe and Egypt: from earliest times to the end of the XVIIth century, with some account of their preparation and use Author: Arthur Pillans LauriePublisher: T. N. Foulis Year: 1910Pages: 444Formats available: txt, DjVu, pdf, EPUB, Kindle, and DaisyLink: http://www.archive.org/...Note: Thank you to Goran Budija for pointing me out this book!

Table of contents:

1. Introduction 2. Egyptian Pigments and Mediums 3. Classical Methods: Introduction 4. Classical Methods: The Pigments 5. Classical Methods: The Wax Medium 6. Classical Methods: The Other Medium Used for Panel Pictures 7. Classical Methods: Wall Painting8. The Further History of Fresco-Painting 9. The Manuscript of the Monk Theophilus 10. The Book of the Art, by Cennino Cennini11. On the Painting of Illuminated Manuscripts 12. On the Preparation of the Lakes used by the Old Masters 13. The History of the Oil Medium: Introductory Remarks and the Nature and History of Varnishes 14. The History of the Oil Medium, continued with some account of Sixteenth or Seventeenth Century Pigments and Methods of Preparing Canvas Grounds

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